Events in the year 1725 in

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Incumbents

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: Frederick IV.

Events

*8 March – The Dutch merchant ship Akerendam sinks near the island of

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during its maiden voyage, the entire ship's crew of 200 people dies in the sinking.

Arts and literature

*The construction of the Oslo Ladegård is complete.

Births

*11 February –

Johan Frederik Classen Johan Frederik Classen, frequently also J. F. Classen, (11 February 1725 – 24 March 1792) was a Danish-Norwegian industrialist, major general, landowner and founder of Det Classenske Fideicommis. He served as chancellery adviser to King ...

, industrialist and philanthropist (died

1792 Events January–March * January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea. * February 18 – Thomas Holcroft produces the comedy '' The Road to Ruin'' in London. * February ...

). *8 March –

Jens Boalth Jens Boalth (8 March 1725 – 5 December 1780) was a Norwegian educator. He was Rector at the Bergen Cathedral School and a driving force behind cultural development in Bergen, Norway. He was born in Christiania (now Oslo, Norway). He was t ...

, educator (died

1780 Events January–March * January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet. * February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow ...

). *22 September –

Gunder Gundersen Hammer Gunder Gundersen Hammer (1725–1772) was a Norwegian politician and government official. He served as the County Governor of Finnmark county from 1757 until 1768 and then he was transferred to be the County Governor for Stavanger Stavange ...

, government official (died

1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Carolin ...

). *19 November –

Magnus Theiste Magnus Theiste (1725 – 25 November 1791) was a Norwegian government official. He served as the County Governor (Norway), County Governor of Vest-Agder, Lister og Mandal county from 1768 to 1771 and of Sogn og Fjordane, Nordre Bergenhus county f ...

, government official (died

1791 Events January–March * January 1 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England, to perform a series of concerts. * January 2 – Northwest Indian War: Big Bottom Massacre – The war begins in the Ohio Country ...

)

Deaths

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